Pāli Dictionary

upavāṇa

upaprefixvāṇastem

Part of speech

noun · masculine

general

  • Upavāṇa, name of an arahant thera who served for a time as personal attendant to the Buddha

  • SN 35.70

    ekam'antaṃ nisinno kho āyasmā upavāṇo bhagavantaṃ etadavoca, sandiṭṭhiko dhammo, sandiṭṭhiko dhammo'ti, bhante, vuccati.

upavāna

approximate

Part of speech

noun · masculine

monastic

  • Upavāna, a monk who was occasionally an attendant of the Buddha

  • SN 46.8

    jāneyya nu kho, āvuso upavāna, bhikkhu paccattaṃ yonisomanasikārā evaṃ susamāraddhā me satta bojjh'aṅgā phāsuvihārāya saṃvattantī'ti? jāneyya kho, āvuso sāriputta, bhikkhu paccattaṃ yonisomanasikārā evaṃ susamāraddhā me satta bojjh'aṅgā phāsuvihārāya saṃvattantī'ti.

upavana

approximate

upaprefixvanastem

Part of speech

noun · neuter

general

  • grove or park near a town/village; nearby wood

Encyclopedia

2 entries

Upavāṇa
Person

  • An elder of a wealthy brahmin family in Sāvatthi who attended the Buddha before Ānanda became his personal attendant, and who was fanning the Buddha on his deathbed at Kusinārā.

Thag 2.33SN 12.26SN 35.70AN 4.175
Upavāṇa2
Person

  • Son of Anomadassī Buddha.

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